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1 files changed, 39 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/services/base.scm b/gnu/services/base.scm
index 1f5ff3e4cb..aec6050588 100644
--- a/gnu/services/base.scm
+++ b/gnu/services/base.scm
@@ -110,6 +110,11 @@ OPTIONS. When CHECK? is true, check the file system before mounting it."
(umount #$target)
#f))))))
+(define %do-not-kill-file
+ ;; Name of the file listing PIDs of processes that must survive when halting
+ ;; the system. Typical example is user-space file systems.
+ "/etc/dmd/do-not-kill")
+
(define* (user-processes-service requirements #:key (grace-delay 2))
"Return the service that is responsible for terminating all the processes so
that the root file system can be re-mounted read-only, just before
@@ -128,6 +133,25 @@ stopped before 'kill' is called."
(requirement (cons 'root-file-system requirements))
(start #~(const #t))
(stop #~(lambda _
+ (define (kill-except omit signal)
+ ;; Kill all the processes with SIGNAL except those
+ ;; listed in OMIT and the current process.
+ (let ((omit (cons (getpid) omit)))
+ (for-each (lambda (pid)
+ (unless (memv pid omit)
+ (false-if-exception
+ (kill pid signal))))
+ (processes))))
+
+ (define omitted-pids
+ ;; List of PIDs that must not be killed.
+ (if (file-exists? #$%do-not-kill-file)
+ (map string->number
+ (call-with-input-file #$%do-not-kill-file
+ (compose string-tokenize
+ (@ (ice-9 rdelim) read-string))))
+ '()))
+
;; When this happens, all the processes have been
;; killed, including 'deco', so DMD-OUTPUT-PORT and
;; thus CURRENT-OUTPUT-PORT are dangling.
@@ -136,9 +160,21 @@ stopped before 'kill' is called."
(display "sending all processes the TERM signal\n"
port)))
- (kill -1 SIGTERM)
- (sleep #$grace-delay)
- (kill -1 SIGKILL)
+ (if (null? omitted-pids)
+ (begin
+ ;; Easy: terminate all of them.
+ (kill -1 SIGTERM)
+ (sleep #$grace-delay)
+ (kill -1 SIGKILL))
+ (begin
+ ;; Kill them all except OMITTED-PIDS. XXX: We
+ ;; would like to (kill -1 SIGSTOP) to get a fixed
+ ;; list of processes, like 'killall5' does, but
+ ;; that seems unreliable.
+ (kill-except omitted-pids SIGTERM)
+ (sleep #$grace-delay)
+ (kill-except omitted-pids SIGKILL)
+ (delete-file #$%do-not-kill-file)))
(display "all processes have been terminated\n")
#f))